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Examples of pol in a Sentence
Noun
Many of the city's residents have criticized local pols for their decision to close the public library.
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James Freeman, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2023
Gary’s run-in with Lucille Ball; his TV-interview effrontery with Art Linkletter; Alana’s encounter with William Holden (Sean Penn), Sam Peckinpah (Tom Waits) figures; her defiant trick on Jon Peters (Bradley Cooper) and brief venture into political work (Benny Safdie as a local pol).
—Armond White, National Review, 14 Jan. 2022
The crooked pols and wags unleash the arsonists to churn dollars to development.
—Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
But Fetterman was never the kind of pol who put much stock in seeming perfect.
—Molly Ball, Time, 20 July 2023
South Boston pols are adamant about having a study done, given that a traffic consultant hired by the convention center authority and the Omni Boston Hotel delivered a grim analysis of the impacts of a dedicated bus/truck lane.
—Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
The incident began as a dispute between at least two people, pol ...
—Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 18 June 2023
That is even worse — even worse than the pols’ duplicity.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Apr. 2023
Kat is an accidental feminist, the semi-good wife of an ambitious pol in a novel that sends up all things earnest.
—Karen Heller, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
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Noun
Some pols may be well-intentioned and others not, but Hawaiians suffering the shock of tragic devastation on West Maui may still want to make their own decisions on what to do with their own property.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2023
Gary’s run-in with Lucille Ball; his TV-interview effrontery with Art Linkletter; Alana’s encounter with William Holden (Sean Penn), Sam Peckinpah (Tom Waits) figures; her defiant trick on Jon Peters (Bradley Cooper) and brief venture into political work (Benny Safdie as a local pol).
—Armond White, National Review, 14 Jan. 2022
The crooked pols and wags unleash the arsonists to churn dollars to development.
—Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
But Fetterman was never the kind of pol who put much stock in seeming perfect.
—Molly Ball, Time, 20 July 2023
South Boston pols are adamant about having a study done, given that a traffic consultant hired by the convention center authority and the Omni Boston Hotel delivered a grim analysis of the impacts of a dedicated bus/truck lane.
—Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
The incident began as a dispute between at least two people, pol ...
—Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 18 June 2023
That is even worse — even worse than the pols’ duplicity.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Apr. 2023
Kat is an accidental feminist, the semi-good wife of an ambitious pol in a novel that sends up all things earnest.
—Karen Heller, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
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“Pol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pol. Accessed 22 Sep. 2023.
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